Greetings Yamila:
I am posting this in the Comments section because I do not have an
actual seller website for you. if you wish to accept my comments as
an answer, please post thusly and I'll be happy to claim the fee. It
has been difficult to find imported soursop fruit:
From http://www.civil.soton.ac.uk/icuc/cd_icuc_ber_tamarind/content/annona/annona_book_html/9_genetic_improvement.htm
"Small sweet soursop fruits are recommended for the fresh market,
while large acid ones suitable for the processing industry (Pinto and
Silva, 1996). However, fruits are soft and when ripe are perishable
with rapid fermentation. Handling and processing have to be adapted to
this. For instance, it is unlikely fresh soursop fruits could be
produced for export."
From http://www.my-indonesia.info/treadhealt.html
"Soursop fruit is now cultivated in large quantities for the supply of
fruit juice manufacturing."
However, I found a place you may purchase seeds to grow your own in a
climate-controlled atmosphere - you would need a tropical climate
greenhouse for the soursop:
From http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/order.htm
"Soursop - Very large fruit, up to 1 foot long with a pleasant
aromatic flavor. The soursop is very popular as a flavoring for ice
creams and drinks. Small tree, requires tropical conditions. #127
$1.75"
More info from a link included "Generally a small-medium tree to
8m/25ft. Will not survive outside anywhere in the continental US
except in Southern Florida, where it is grown commercially only to a
limited extent. Soursop trees require much warmth and humidity, lots
of water, and will be killed by temperatures below 32ûF/0ûC. In the
tropics, soursops are grown from sea level to 1000m, particularly in
humid regions where the tree grows particularly well. Soursop's cannot
tolerate standing water, and its roots are shallow, so it does not
require a very deep soil base."
A lengthy paper on soursop and Florida is located at
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/soursop.html
I also searched for rare fruit growers and found this link:
http://www.crfg.org/nurlist.html At the bottom f the page is a guide
to who has what and the listing numbers for Soursop were 1, 2, 7, 9,
11, 17, 19, 21 and 27. You might contact those members to see if they
grow the fruit for sale. In Florida, the Brevard Rare Fruit Council
site is located at http://www.brevardrarefruit.org/ - you might also
contact them to see if they have members who grow and will sell the
fruit. Their email is president@brevardrarefruit.org and their snail
mail is The Brevard Rare Fruit Council, P.O. Box 033773, Indialantic,
FL 32903.
Good luck in your quest. This sounds like a very interesting fruit
and it's been interesting to research your question.
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